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The Independent has launched a brand new WhatsApp Community, bringing you the latest UK politics news.

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How to join The Independent’s WhatsApp community

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• If you are reading on your mobile phone - in our app or in a web browser - you can sign up by pressing this invite link.
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If you choose to be part of The Independent’s WhatsApp Community, you are allowing WhatsApp to receive and share data with us, including your phone number. Your full phone number is not visible to other members in the group, apart from the admin. We will never use this data to contact you or for any other purposes.

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